B Scene Zine, Volume 1, Issue 1

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Sara Ann Rutherford

Sara Ann Rutherford grew up in St. Louis, Missouri and rural Western Pennsylvania. Her interest in creating began at an early age, and after high school, Sara Ann studied painting independently, honing her style. She describes her painting process as stream of consciousness, with each painting often being completed in one intense session. Her work has been featured in the inaugural issue of Dumbo Living Magazine and the second issue of Gallery M International Art Magazine. Currently, she has a solo exhibition at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn and The Bean in Manhattan.

Contents

Welcome to the premiere issue of B Scene Zine, an occasional publication

that aims to document, perpetuate and Contents

illuminate the arts and commerce of our

little slice of Ave B. This sorry little rag Roderick, Music

was born of a solitary event, the Aaron, Poetry

purchase of a Polaroid camera.

Everyone loved being documented in Peso Neto, Street Art

such a non-digital way and, so, we're

flying with that retro theme. The B, now the kool kids

as it was in analog days, is a feeling,

and the B Scene Zine is yOUR fucking Kcups and Hasi

book. Thanks to everyone who

contributed to this first issue and we Frankie New, Barbie

look forward to getting much more help

The Phatory, Sculpture if/when we proceed to Issue 2. We can

use all the help we can get, starting with Zero, Photography

the design of a logo. So far we've spent

minutes on it and all we came up with EVVC / 3rd and BZaar

was this lame-ass sketch. Anyone?

See and B Scene.

DJ Cool Thing

Fucking Scott, Keygrip

Kcups, Best Boy

Lucky, ATKH

Michael Carter, Poetry

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Roderick J. Wolgamott

Sky Cries Mary

BSZ: So, there’s a new album titled “Wandering in the Vastness.”

RJW: Yeah, it’s our 15th studio album. We’re the most prolific obscure band from Seattle. We recorded in four studios in Seattle, Tennessee and Brooklyn.

BSZ: When did the band start?

RJW: 1988. It started with a performance art piece and evolved into a psych-rock band.

BSZ: What about treehouses?

RJW: Oh, that’s my other life. I’ve built and designed over 60 treehouses around the world. I guess I’d consider myself an outsider architect.

Friday Night with a Fellow Loser

Aaron Poochigian Asron Poochigian earned a PhD in Classics from the University of Minnesota and an MFA in Poetry from Columbia University. A recipient of an NEA Grant in translation, he has published translations with Penguin Classics and W. W. Norton. His latest book American Divine, the winner of the Richard Wilbur Award, came out in 2021. His other poetry collections are Manhattanite (Able Muse Press, 2017), winner of the 2016 Able Muse Book Award, and The Cosmic Purr (Able Muse Press, 2012). His work has appeared in such publications as Best American Poetry, the Paris Review and POETRY.

You who are one of the dreamers

have blown it big-time, met defeat, gone into debt.

You’ll fail again, no doubt.

Still, everyone is out

tonight—so many redeemers

of failed days, years, whole lives:

bicyclists with streamers

tied to their handlebars,

buskers with their guitars,

tough guys out front of dives

and chicks in topless cars.

Whistles and whoops, high fives,

all work like one big, “Yes!”

Wild nights like this one bless

victims of unsuccess

so fully we forget

utter defeat in fun.

Tonight, friend, we have won — no sorrow, no regret

(and summer has just begun).

"“My street art is based upon typography that features original philosophical quotes that reflect the importance of self-empowerment and self-reflection. My Instagram is “_pesoneto” The name Peso Neto is Spanish for “Net Weight” which in essence is printed on every consumer product - which equivocally means my art name is on practically everything until the end of time. “

Peso Neto

Billy 2E

m is s f

r iz z d a

z z le

e n n a Suz

y z p y g a ty p e

Thatcher Ford

n a g a e M Alex &

japanther - river phoenix

abe vigoda - dream of my love

beach fossils - generational synthetic

keepaway - yellow wings

grooms - infinity caller

ninjasonik - hold the line

rome fortune - one time for

tokyo police club - your english is good

amazing baby - headdress

ted leo - me and mia

Barbie. TheAlternative Muse.

From Overnight Success to Queer Icon

My research explores an alternative view into Barbie’s influence, namely on that of fashion and queer culture and the symbiotic relationship between the two.

The foundation of my research revolves around a personal collection of Barbie dolls whose designers are all queer. These designers include Billy Boy, Bob Mackie, The Blonds, and Jeremy Scott. Each section of my research tells a story around a particular doll or dolls that gives the reader further insight into who the designer is and how Barbie has served as a muse. Through these designers, the storyline includes camp through the whimsy, over-the-top designs of Bob Mackie, drag culture through The Blonds, how their initial doll design sparked an online debate that Mattel launched its first ‘Drag Queen Barbie.’ The progressive nature of Barbie transpires through this list of queer designers who redefined Barbie’s history and have propelled Barbie into not only a queer icon but an ally within the queer community.

Frank New is a New York-based multihyphenate. He wears many hats, including that of fashion stylist, events manager, fashion historian, display artist, photographer, costume/wardrobe stylist, and designer, to name but a few. In addition to being a small business owner, Frank recently completed his M.A. in

Frankie New

Frankie New

Costume Studies at New York University.

618 E 9th Street

Sally LeLong, director

Works by MJ King, Oct. 1-30

Confined to working in the corner of her apartment during the lockdown, King created a series of abstract miniature sculptures that serve as maquettes for largerscale projects King envisions.

King graduated from the Art Institute in Boston and moved to New York in 1980s to attend the New York Studio School Of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture and continued her studies at The Art Students League. King maintains a studio practice at Mana Contemporary, NJ.

ZERO

Born on the Lower East Side and raised in that neighborhood’s hip hop and punk community, Zero finds her images by walking (sometimes all night) fascinated by the things people do and leave behind and the endlessly creative ways they find to exist in the city. She is self-taught, her early sensibilities formed by 80’s graffiti, hip hop, punk and her mother’s Salsa and Supremes records. Her work has been shown in NYC at Theater for the New City, The Clemente, Rivington Music Rehearsal Studios, and featured in Brooklyn vs.

Hackney at Hackney

Picture House, London. She is currently enrolled at LaGuardia Community College pursuing a

Photography degree.

Alex, Maegan

and Snacks

DJKool Kool Thing Thing DJ

A DJ's

playlist

Notorious trouble maker, Hayden B got bored after retiring from booking shows/events so channelled the voices in his head into alter-ego DJ Kool Thing. Driven into madness, he concocts a wild sonic elixir of punk, soul, psych, new wave, disco, & other thumpin things for your bootay. For a good time, come party while he side-eyes silly requests at EV haunts such as The Beauty Bar, & Otto's Shrunken Head.

All the King's Horses

Milos and Robbie

521 E. 12th St.

at the intersection of art and caffeine.

Michael Carter

Running

When your heroes

Become your enemies,

And there are no walls

Between neighbors...

Disruption occurs, construction

Incessant as the sun

Burns thru all illusion,

Delusion, and Deleuze, Can speak no more about it

Restitution comes in many forms

Shape-shifting as it were;

Your queen is in jeopardy

But you cannot see it--

Blinded by ignorance and default

And there's no Alex Trebek

To correct you, only time

Which wounds all heels,

And your Achilles aches

From the strain of so much running.

Delphine Le Goff